Tolling on the Ohio River bridges won’t begin until later this year, but drivers can start setting up their RiverLink Tolls accounts beginning on July 21.

Officials said tolling will likely begin sometime around December on three bridges: the Kennedy, Lincoln and East End. There will be no toll booths, coin machines, lines or stopping -- the system is all electronic.

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For drivers who have a transponder and a RiverLink account, toll rates will range from $2 to $12.

Opening an account requires a $20 minimum balance on a RiverLink account, and a local transponder is free. The local transponder is a small sticker that will only work on the local bridges.

"(The transponder will work on) the two I-65 bridges, the Abraham Lincoln and the Kennedy Memorial as well as State Road 265, the East End Bridge,” said Will Wingfield, with the Indiana Department of Transportation.

Drivers who cover more road than that can look to the RiverLink EZ Pass transponder as an option.

“So if you're driving on the Indiana Toll Road, the Illinois tollway system, the West Virginia turnpike, this is the system that will help you there,” Wingfield said.

The EZ Pass transponder will be the way to pay for tolls in 16 states, and users can move it from car to car.

Transponders that can be used in other states cost $15.

Drivers who cross the bridges 40 times in a month will save a few bucks.

"RiverLink will credit $40 to your account to make the effective rate that you were paying $1 per crossing,” Megan McLain, with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said.

Drivers who don't have a prepaid account will have their license plate photographed on each crossing and an invoice will be sent to the vehicle's registered owner. Those drivers will pay a higher toll rate because getting the bill to them is more work.

Accounts can be created at RiverLink.com, by phone at 855-RIV-LINK, or at a customer service center. The service centers are at 103 Quartermaster Court in Jeffersonville or 400 East Main Street in Louisville.

Commercial accounts are also available. Businesses should call 855-RIV-LINK, or visit a customer service center, to set up those accounts.

"Businesses will be connected with a specialized customer service representative. Arrangements will be made to exchange fleet information, and we will make the process as easy as possible,” McLain said.